Match-box.



No. 664,735. Patentad Dec. 25, 1900.

L. c. FAY.

MATCH BOX.

(Application Med Mar. 32, 1900.)

(No Model) sullen fox UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LIZZIE C. FAY, OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

MATCH-BOX.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 664,735, dated December 25, 1900.

Application filed March 22, 1900. Serial No. 9,773. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LIZZIE C. FAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Match-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to match-boxes; and its object is to provide a box for matches which may be readily converted into a match safe or holder, thus making one receptacle serve the double purpose of a package in which matches are sold and a convenient holder for the use of the purchaser adapted to be hung up against'the wall or other support.

The construction of the improved box will be fully described hereinafter, and defined in the appended claims, in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box in position for use as a matchsafe. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the rear side of the box. Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively perspective views of the cover and box disconnected from each other, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the box in its closed position.

The reference-n umeral 1 designates the box, which is of the usual rectangular shape and provided at its bottom 2 with a flap or tongue 3, made by forming an arch-shaped slit 4 in the box-bottom, as shown.

5 designates the box-cover, closed at its four sides, but open at its ends, and adapted to fit over the box and to slide thereon in the usual manner. The back of the cover is formed with a rectangular slot 6, through which the flap or tongue 3 is adapted to project, as illustrated in Figs. 1' and 2.

One end wall 7 of the box is formed with a circular opening 8, by means of which the box may be suspended from a nail or hook.

The utility and manner of using the box Will be readily understood from the drawings. The box is partly withdrawn from the cover, and its flap or tongue 3 is pulled through the slot 6 of the cover. The end 7 of the box is then separated at its ends from the sides of the box by slitting, after which the device will appear as shown in Fig. 1 and may be suspended from any convenient fastening.

It will be noted that the flap or tongue 3 when projected through the slot 6 of the cover prevents the cover from dropping away from the box and leaves the matches exposed to view.

When the box is within the cover and entirely closed thereby, the slot 6 is closed by the bottom of the box, as shown in Fig. 5.

The device is well adapted for the use of camping-out parties, as well as for general household use.

The sides of the cover are preferably provided with the usual roughened scratchingsurfaces 9.

I claim- 1. A match-box comprising a box provided at its bottom with a tongue or flap, and a sliding cover formed with a slot or opening through which said tongue or flap is adapted to project.

2. A match-box comprising a box slitted at its bottom to form a tongue; and a cover formed with an opening through which said tongue is adapted to project.

3. A match-box comprising a box slitted at its bottom to form a tongue, and having one of its end walls separated at its ends from the sides of the box and formed with an opening; and a sliding cover formed with a slot or opening through which the tongue projects.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LIZZIE G. FAY.

Witnesses LUKE CARR, IRENE CARR. 

